Table of Contents
What happened to the tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis?
Vitas Gerulaitis had died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to an improperly installed pool heater, which allowed gas to leak into the guest house. A couple of years later, a jury acquitted the pool mechanic and the company he worked for of negligent homicide. Vitas Gerulaitis was 40 years old.
Where is Vitas Gerulaitis buried?
St. Charles / Resurrection Cemeteries, East Farmingdale, NY
Vitas Gerulaitis/Place of burial
Did Vitas Gerulaitis have children?
Vitas senior and Aldona, who were proud to become American citizens, had two children, Vitas Jr. and his younger sister, Ruta.
Is Vitas Gerulaitis dead?
September 17, 1994
Vitas Gerulaitis/Date of death
Was Vitas Gerulaitis murdered?
Who said nobody beats me 17 times?
Vitas Gerulaitis
Forty-one years ago, native New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis finally defeated longtime rival Jimmy Connors, and with it, uttered one of the most famous one-liners in tennis history: “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.” On Saturday night at the US Open, in the late Geralitus’ backyard, Charleston, S.C.
Where is Vitas Gerulaitis from?
Brooklyn, New York, NY
Vitas Gerulaitis/Place of birth
Has anyone died in tennis?
Richard Wertheim ( c. 1923—September 15, 1983) was an American tennis linesman who suffered a fatal injury on September 10, 1983, during a match at the 1983 US Open. He was injured when Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. He died on September 15.
Who beat Vitas Gerulaitis 16 times in a row?
Nobody
Having lost 16 times in a row to Jimmy Connors, Vitas Gerulaitis finally triumphed and offered his reason as to why he didn’t lose: “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”
Who beat Gerulaitis 17 times?
“And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row,” the former world number three famously told reporters after beating Jimmy Connors in the semi-finals of the January 1980 Masters.